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The Alfred I. DuPont Building is a historic building in Miami, Florida. It is located at 169 East Flagler Street. Started in 1937 and completed in 1939, it is a 17-story rectangular building in the Modern style with Art Deco embellishments. It was the first skyscraper built after the County courthouse and the bust of 1928. Thus, it represents Miami's emergence from the great depression. It replaced the Halcyon Hotel on this site. On January 4, 1989, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Alfred I. DuPont was the owner of the Florida National Bank, the principal tenant of the building. Major tenants in 2023 are Bench jewelers who use a combination of skills to make and repair jewelry. Some of the more common skills that a bench jeweler might employ include antique restoration, silversmithing, goldsmithing, stone setting, engraving, fabrication, wax carving, lost-wax casting, electroplating, forging, & polishing, manufactures & wholesale watches for Rolex & Richard Mille. The other major building in Miami is the Seybold Building for jewelry, diamonds and fine watches.

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The Alfred I. DuPont Building is a historic building in Miami, Florida. It is located at 169 East Flagler Street. Started in 1937 and completed in 1939, it is a 17-story rectangular building in the Modern style with Art Deco embellishments. It was the first skyscraper built after the County courthouse and the bust of 1928. Thus, it represents Miami's emergence from the great depression. It replaced the Halcyon Hotel on this site. On January 4, 1989, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Alfred I. DuPont was the owner of the Florida National Bank, the principal tenant of the building. Major tenants in 2023 are Bench jewelers who use a combination of skills to make and repair jewelry. Some of the more common skills that a bench jeweler might employ include antique restoration, silversmithing, goldsmithing, stone setting, engraving, fabrication, wax carving, lost-wax casting, electroplating, forging, & polishing, manufactures & wholesale watches for Rolex & Richard Mille. The other major building in Miami is the Seybold Building for jewelry, diamonds and fine watches.

Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_I._DuPont_Building

© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.

The Alfred I. DuPont Building is a historic building in Miami, Florida. It is located at 169 East Flagler Street. Started in 1937 and completed in 1939, it is a 17-story rectangular building in the Modern style with Art Deco embellishments. It was the first skyscraper built after the County courthouse and the bust of 1928. Thus, it represents Miami's emergence from the great depression. It replaced the Halcyon Hotel on this site. On January 4, 1989, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Alfred I. DuPont was the owner of the Florida National Bank, the principal tenant of the building. Major tenants in 2023 are Bench jewelers who use a combination of skills to make and repair jewelry. Some of the more common skills that a bench jeweler might employ include antique restoration, silversmithing, goldsmithing, stone setting, engraving, fabrication, wax carving, lost-wax casting, electroplating, forging, & polishing, manufactures & wholesale watches for Rolex & Richard Mille. The other major building in Miami is the Seybold Building for jewelry, diamonds and fine watches.

Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_I._DuPont_Building

© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.

Repaired, and given a quick polish.

In the process of french polishing an elaborately inlaid bureau plat.

Split top, and with legs that needed regluing.

Extensively damaged veneer on the sides of this case.

Extensive veneer damage on either end, and with a terrible finish.

Here's the reason why you should avoid lacquer: it will completely fail at some point. As well, there is the environmental cost of removing all that putrid lacquer. Shellac will not stand up to constant abuse, but it can always be repaired, and doesn’t look like crap in ten years.

...and the reason why you should always stick with shellac: it can always be repaired.

Putrid yellow colour of a finish gone wrong.

Ready for another 100 years of service!

Tired and damaged card table top.

Marble topped French commode in walnut. Finish largely gone, and missing a few pieces of trim.

A late 19th century French card table after being polished.

mahogany card table after a polish

The marble topped commode after rudimentary repairs and a quick polish.

A Willy Rizzo, early 70s, brushed stainless steel coffee table being refurbished.

Veneer repaired, old repairs repaired, and polished to within an inch of its life.

No before picture. They were quite ghastly before, so I didn't have the confidence that they'd turn out like this.